5155 floppy fixed

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_hiway1.exit109.com>
Date: Mon Jan 4 00:32:37 1999

> turns out the reason for the post error on my 5155 was because the head was
> sticking and couldnt do the initial seek, thus causing the 601 post. tony was
> right! i didnt bother with greasing it and swapped out an identical floppy
> drive from an extra pcjr. anyone want a pcjr unit for the price of shipping?

This sounds like a version of the problem I have with the drive in my PCjr.

Basically, the drive appears to step past either track 0 or track 40 (not
sure which) and won't work correctly until after the head is manually moved
back toawrds the middle. After that, it works until a bad seek occurs
(usually from trying to boot with no disk).

<<<John>>>
Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 00:32:37 GMT